Faizon Love
Faizon Andre Love was born June 14, 1968. An actor and comedian, he is best known for roles in the films Friday, Elf, and Couples Retreat. Love got his start as a stand-up comedian and made his acting debut Off-Broadway at the age of nineteen. His motion picture debut, Bebe's Kids had him providing the voice of late comedian Robin Harris. He then had a role in The Meteor Man starring Robert Townsend. Townsend then cast Love in a co-starring role on his sitcom The Parent 'Hood. He followed up this role with a breakout performance as the drug dealer Big Worm in the 1995 film Friday. Follow-up films have included Elf, Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, Money Talks, Wonderland, The Fighting Temptations, and Idlewild. Love gained wider appeal when he co-starred in the 2009 film, Couples Retreat, a comedy chronicling four couples who partake in therapy sessions at a tropical island resort. His most recent role is that of Kurtis Kool in 2011’s Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son. Many gamers may also know Love for his role as Sean "Sweet" Johnson, simply known as Sweet, in the Rockstar North game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · STZ as Curtis
- 2024 · The Last Stop in Yuma County as Vernon
- 2023 · Back on the Strip as Desmond 'Da Body' Day
- 2023 · Dash Films Presents: The Prince of Detroit as Teddy Hall
- 2022 · Santa Games as Santa Charles
- 2022 · Block Party as Gus
- 2021 · The Upshaws as Terry
- 2020 · The War with Grandpa as Store Manager
- 2020 · She Ball as Big Meat Tuna
- 2020 · Bulletproof 2 as Jack Carter
- 2018 · Step Up as Al
- 2017 · Ripped as Reeves
- 2017 · Grow House as Rollin' Reg
- 2017 · Dying Laughing as Himself
- 2016 · She's Got a Plan as Dr. Funkman
- 2015 · November Rule as Theo
- 2014 · Tell as Dwight Johnson
- 2014 · black-ish as Sha
- 2014 · Q as Mr. Blue
- 2013 · All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Atlanta as
- 2013 · White T as
- 2012 · Backstage at Budz House as
- 2012 · The Paperboy as Comedian
- 2011 · Budz House as Big Shitty
- 2011 · The Cookout 2 as David Turner
- 2011 · Pauly Shore's Vegas is My Oyster as Self
- 2011 · Zookeeper as Bruce the Bear (voice)
- 2011 · King of the Underground as Faizon
- 2011 · Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son as Kurtis Kool
- 2009 · Couples Retreat as Shane
- 2009 · A Day in the Life as 'Black' Ike Smith
- 2009 · Steppin : The Movie as
- 2009 · Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy as Self
- 2008 · Of Boys and Men as Roman
- 2008 · Days of Wrath as Cash Flow
- 2008 · The Wendy Williams Show as
- 2008 · Black Poker Stars Invitational as Self
- 2007 · The Perfect Holiday as Jamal
- 2007 · Who's Your Caddy? as Big Large
- 2006 · Idlewild as Ace
- 2006 · All You've Got as Coach Harlan
- 2006 · Just My Luck as Damon Phillips
- 2005 · My Name Is Earl as Reverend Greene
- 2005 · It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Coach
- 2005 · Animal as Double T
- 2004 · Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction as Sean 'Sweet' Johnson (voice) (uncredited)
- 2004 · The Big House as
- 2004 · Torque as Sonny
- 2003 · Hustle and Heat as David Rabinowitz
- 2003 · Elf as Gimbels Manager
- 2003 · The Fighting Temptations as Prison Warden
- 2003 · That's So Raven as Cyrus
- 2002 · Blue Crush as Leslie
- 2002 · Play'd: A Hip Hop Story as Domino Breed
- 2001 · Mr. Bones as Fats Pudbedder
- 2001 · Made as Horrace
- 2001 · The Luau as Hustle
- 2001 · Inhumanity as
- 2000 · The Replacements as Jamal Jackson
- 2000 · 3 Strikes as Tone
- 1998 · The Players Club as Peters
- 1997 · Money Talks as Cellmate
- 1997 · B.A.P.S as Tiger J
- 1996 · A Thin Line Between Love and Hate as Manny
- 1996 · Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood as Rufus
- 1995 · Friday as Big Worm
- 1995 · Sledgehammer O'Possum - Out and About as Sledgehammer O'Possum
- 1995 · What a Cartoon as Sledgehammer O'Possum (voice)
- 1995 · The Parent 'Hood as Wendell Wilcox
- 1995 · The Wayans Bros. as Nigel Lovejoy
- 1994 · Fear of a Black Hat as Jam Boy 1
- 1993 · The Meteor Man as Maurice
- 1992 · Bebe's Kids as Robin Harris (voice)
- Future · Sell Your House as Self